Grace Barr
12 May 1840–
Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
The Life of Grace
When Grace Barr was born on 12 May 1840, in Houston, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, her father, Alexander B. Barr, was 21 and her mother, Elisabeth Stewart, was 22. She married John Wilson on 1 December 1865, in Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. She lived in Laurieston, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851.
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Family Time Line
John Wilson
1835–
Grace Barr
1840–
Marriage: 1 December 1865
Spouse and Children
1835–Male
1840–Female
MARRIAGE
1 December 1865
Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
1 December 1865
Cardross, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents and Siblings
1818–1898Male
1818–Female
siblings
(3)
1837–1882Male
1840–Female
1846–1916Female
World Events (8)
1843
Age 3
Dickens A Christmas Carol was first published.
1843 · The Disruption in the Church of Scotland
Age 3
The Disruption of 1843 was a division within the Church of Scotland, which 474 evangelical ministers of the Church broke away from the Church to form the Free Church of Scotland. They didn’t reject the principles of the Church of Scotland but were trying to establish a purer version of the Church without the King or Parliament being its head. It had huge effects not only within the Church of Scotland, but also with Scottish civic life.
1872 · The First National Park
Age 32
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
Name Meaning
Scottish, English: Derived from Barr, a parish in Ayrshire, Scotland; a local name in Staffordshire
Sources (3)
- Grace Barr in household of Alexander Barr, "Scotland Census, 1851"
- Grace Barr, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- Grace Barr, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
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